A sleepy village on the Yellow Plateau
 
Children going home after school, what will their future be?
Mrs. Mei Ng, a sustainability pathfinder, sowed green hope
 
A biogas flame lights up their lives.
 
A solar panel as a symbol of village progress
Dali Village,Shaanxii
Christine Loh donated household in the DaliVillage
grateful Mother & daughter
women liberation: no more firewood gathering!
proud to show off methane lamp above
Sarah Liao donated household shares their biogas story
donor’s plague will hang on the front entrance
grateful couple welcomes HK generosity
Celebrity Cherie Chung donated household in DaliVillage
little pigs are happier in the retrofitted pigsty
housewife is liberated from firewood gathering so she can spare time to weave cloth for sale
improved toilet/ hygiene=better life quality
spare time to weave=enhance productivity
spare time to thread cotton for weaving
spare time to harvest rain water
proud to be a biogas householder
Mrs. Mei Ng & villagers studied the biogas well formulation
Mrs. Mei Ng got a free lecture on biogas from local farmer
Sarah Liao donated household (pig sty before retrofit )
kitchen before retrofit to generate biogas
pig waste disposal is realistic problem
grateful farmer & wife receiving the plague
donor’s plague hangs on door of village house
biogas well in the making
Yan’an District, Shaanxi
Yellow plateau typical cave dwelling
Adapted cave dwelling on Yellow Plateau
Drought-plagued slopes, barren soil, typical ecology
Peasant woman collecting bamboos and firewood
Donated in the names of newly wed Justin & Jacqueline
Wedding giftdonation in the names of Justin & Jacqueline
Plague acknowledging Sarah Liao hangs at the village home
Household donated by Sarah Liao, HK Environment Minister
Aging farmer spared the chore of collecting firewood.
Extra donation helps households to install solar panels on roof. Taking a hot water shower is a dream come true!A luxury that Local folks dared not and could not a
Solar panel has become a new social status in the rural village
A field worker beamed and proud to show off her biogas stove, which has become a symbol of progress       Yellow Plateau dwelliers are waking up from their coal-burning past to herald a carbon-free future.

Goodbye to animal waste, pig-waste-into-biogas is energy

Goodbye to firewood gathering, village women are liberated.

Goodbye to coal burning, goodbye to lung cancer.

Goodbye to logging, goodbye to deforestation & soil erosion

Goodbye to chemical fertilizer, biogas residue is good substitute

Goodbye to filthy pigsties, pigs redeemed their dignity

Goodbye to smelly toilets, self-esteem regained

Goodbye to sooty kitchens, happy cooking returns

Goodbye to pests & bugs, biogas lamp is best repellent

Goodbye to child neglect, more time for parenting

Goodbye to poverty, spare time for new productivity

Goodbye to self-pity, self-help brings self-reliance

Green Revolution is taking root on the Yellow Plateau in Red China. Climate leaders live in caves and mud dwellings.They are the future inspiration.

When will urban dwellers catch up?

meing@foe.org.hk

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Shaanxi Village Biogas (May 2007)
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